AT Tips and Tricks

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AT Tips and Tricks
Idea
 Description/Link
Pics for learning.
 Place to find copyright friendly pictures for free.
http://www.pics4learning.com
Advanced Image Search
 Make sure to look at usage rights.
http://www.google.com/advanced_image_search
Picture Manager
 For editing pictures
Picture Manager-Quick Sheet.pdf
Toobaloo
PVC Pipes
(ask for discount at Lowes)
 Whisper Phones for students to read to themselves.
Great for reading over drafts of papers.
Stylus for iPads
 2 for $8 at Apple Store
iPad Accessibility Features
 Screen reader, zoom feature, assistive features
Settings>General>Accessibility
http://www.apple.com/accessibility/ipad/
Visual Thesaurus
 http://www.visualthesaurus.com
Subscription site but very useful
Visual Impairment
 Formative on the ActivBoard
Using Echo and Flipchart
 Flipchart with choices.
Print multiple pages on a sheet to use in VAAP.
Skype
 http://www.skype.com/
Skype with guest speakers
Boardmakers
 Speech Pathologists has access
Visual Timer on the
ActivBoard
 Tools>More Tools>Clock
Alarmed
 App for iPad
Time Timer
 App for iPad
Giant Timer
 App for iPad
Online-Stopwatch.com
 http://www.online-stopwatch.com/
Autism Apps are Free
 Free this month; do a search in itunes
Baltimore City Schools
Boardmaker Books
 lemmel.baltimorecityschools.org/Boardmaker/adapted_library.asp
LLI adaptation
 Paperclips on book pages
Print out books with pictures under each word for them to track
Bookbuilder
 http://bookbuilder.cast.org/library.php